We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Marc Cohn at the Aladdin Theater on Saturday, January 26, 2013. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Monday, January 21.
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From our sponsors at Aladdin Theater:
Marc Cohn
Saturday, January 26, 2013
7 p.m. doors | 8 p.m. show
$35 advance | $38 door | Minors permitted with parent or guardian 21 and over
Purchase Tickets HERE
Aladdin Theater
3017 Southeast Milwaukie Avenue Portland, OR 97202
(503) 234-9694 | More Info: www.aladdin-theater.com
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn has been obsessed with pop music for as long as he can remember: “I was hooked from day one. My older brother had a band that rehearsed in our basement, so I heard Bacharach, The Beatles, Ray Charles, and Motown coming up through the floorboards from the time I was six years old. By the time I was eleven though, the Beatles were breaking up and singer-songwriters were breaking through, and a lot of that music really resonated for me.”
1970 was a milestone for Marc – and for pop culture at large, given the unprecedented range of notable artists who made the charts that year. It was the momentous beginning of a new decade, and Cohn himself was moving closer to the precipice of young adulthood. The songs of that eventful year would stick with him forever, the way they would with anyone of a tender age just discovering the deeper meanings and life lessons – the romance, the sex, the sadness, the fun — to be gleaned from a seemingly simple pop tune.
Collaborating with longtime producer-arranger-multi-instrumentalist and fellow Grammy Award winner John Leventhal, Cohn doesn’t merely recreate the sounds of this storied time. On Listening Booth:1970, he transforms songs from such artists as Cat Stevens, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Smokey Robinson, Creedence Clearwater Revival and even Bread into tracks that are warm, soulful, more than a little sexy and full of easy-going charm. These highly personal interpretations say as much about Cohn’s own history – his experiences, his memories, his inspirations – as about the legacy of these songs. They’ve been so creatively and confidently re-imagined, and sung with such feeling, they practically feel brand new.
As a songwriter and singer, Cohn combines the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great soul man. He’s a natural storyteller, balancing the exuberant with the poignant, and able to distill universal truth out of his often romantic, drawn-from-life tales. He similarly finds the emotional essence in the vintage songs he’s just recorded, even as he brilliantly reshapes his source material. Cohn’s own career took off at the turn of another decade, in 1990, with the recording of his critically acclaimed, self-titled debut disc, which yielded such classics in their own right as “Walking In Memphis,” “Silver Thunderbird,” and the lovely “True Companion.” For Cohn, 1970 – -which saw the release of Moondance, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band to name but a few — “was still the golden age of the single, but was also the beginning of the golden age of the Album. Even while all these deeply personal and poetic records were being released, there was this eclectic mix of pop music on the radio; it was great to be able to explore that range on this record. Just as a consumer and a total music fan, if I saw a sequence on a record that had songs by Paul Simon, Badfinger, John Lennon, Cat Stevens, The Grateful Dead and Bread, I would immediately be intrigued, and I’d probably buy it just to find out how badly the artist had lost the plot! But somehow all those disparate styles and approaches to songwriting seem like they belong together.”
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Yes! Been a fan of Marc’s for years but never had the opportunity to see his live performances. Would love to win these passes. Thanks!
this would make my month!
My wife is a big Marc Cohn fan, and I would love to surprise here with these tickets…
Tres bien!
Oh my!! I’ll be in town catching Kris Orlowksi at the Doug Fir on that Friday night and would love to make it a weekend o’ fabulous music and fun. Crossing my fingers I’m picked for this!! Marc’s music is so amazing!! :) Happy Thursday!
What a surprise to see that Marc Cohn will be here in Portland! I have all his recordings – he is a a great singer songwriter. Way back when, I took my daughter to a Marc Cohn concert when she was 8. It was our first time seeing him, and he’s only gotten better with time. It would be so awesome to win these ticket, so that I could have the opportunity to bring here again. She’s now 26!
How amazing is Portland?! I love the variety of musicians that come to this city. From Gwar to Lady Gaga to Marc Cohn! I would love to see this show!
The Aladdin is my favorite venue and Marc Cohn is top tier.
This whole unemployment thing has really been hitting my fun-fund pretty hard and free tickets to a great show would surly put a smile on my face :)
This would be a great concert and I would love to win tickets. Hope I’m lucky this time.
i would like to see Marc Cohn because IT’S FREAKIN MARC COHN!!! who wouldn’t wanna see him?
Rock me!!!!!!!!
Marc Cohn is the bomb-diggety. I’d love to go.
This would be a great was for my partner and I to celebrate our anniversary. We’d love to see him live!
Saw Marc Cohen a few years ago at an outdoor venue – he was great. Would love to see this show!
I wanna take my sweetie so I can get all mooney-eyed at him when Mr. Cohn sings “True Companion”!!! :) (Many thanks!!)
I love love love Mr. Cohn’s song “Walking in Memphis” and have a long-time love for Memphis itself… I’d love to revisit it in Portland. :)
Would love to see this show – haven’t been able to see a show at the Aladdin Theater since we moved here not too long ago. This would be a great new PDX experience!
Please!!!!!??? I’d really like to take my daughter. She just graduated college and is a little down.
Love his music!
Love his music
Love Marc Cohn, love the aladdin, love my kids too, and that is why I never get out of the house.
Always, and FOREVER attempting to experience as many live shows as possible…..have yet to experience Marc Cohn, would love to do so.
I’ve been a big Marc Cohn fan for longer than I care to admit. I’d love to win this pair of tickets so my gal and I can have a great night out together. Thanks PDX Pipeline!!!
This would make my January! Would love to go!
because it sounds awesome
This would be really special!
As a child, the floorboards in my room reverberated with great music, too. Marc’s inspiration carries the tradition very well!
been walking . . . in memphis
I love Marc Cohn’s music, I hope I can go to rock out! It will be the best concert ever!
I’ve never gotten to see Marc Cohn live, and would love to get the chance!
This a better time than any try my luck at the old ticket winning thingamabob. I would say “as good a time as any,” but Marc Cohn’s dreamy and he’s actually in town on a night I don’t work.
True companion is the most beautiful song ever!
1. I have the date open
2. I have never been exposed to someone like this
3. It will tickle my ears into ecstasy and make me glad to be alive .
I’d be so happy!
Marc Cohn in Portland??? I would walk to Memphis for these tickets.
What a great date night! I’d love to suprise my Hubby with tickets! ….. I’d be walking 10′ off the ground :)
I’m excited by the description of his new album! Having seen him about 20 years ago and always a fan, I’d love to hear his new sound live at the Alladin. Old and new- it would be perfect way to celebrate my 50th birthday this month.
Been a fan for years. Would love to go.
Yeah I was walkin in portland.. Keepin it weird as weird can weirdly be, yeah I was walkin in porrrtland, and Marc Cohn is the man is like to see…
And I want to take my mama
I’m going to be honest. My sister is traveling in Chile for 25 days and I’m on day 8 without her. Please give me something fun to do!!!
I am his illegitimate 3rd cousin’s ex-wife’s best friend. Just kiddin’! But I have performed “True Companion” at several weddings, and other non-wedding venues too …
no sob story
just wanna go
This would make my year and make my mother so happy! I want to take her so bad.
Thank you, I would love this.
My sister is a big fan of Marc Cohn, and the concert falls on her birthday weekend. I’d love for her to see the show.
My wife would love to go to this show with me.
This would be amazing to attend, thanks for doing this!
So many wonderful memories connected to Marc Cohn’s music. Would love to hear him play at Aladin and have them all come flooding back~
Marc Cohn is coming to town?! My girlfriends and I were just singing and playing his songs on the piano and saying how much we loved his stuff, especially “Walking in Memphis”. I would love to be there!
Beautiful music that would make a really nice night out in Portland!!